Is semantic verbal fluency impairment explained by executive function deficits in schizophrenia?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-126

  Berberian, Arthur A ^a,b   Moraes, Giovanna V ^c   Gadelha, Ary ^a   Brietzke, Elisa ^a   Fonseca, Ana O ^a   Scarpato, Bruno S ^a   Vicente, Marcella O ^a   Seabra, Alessandra G ^d   Bressan, Rodrigo A ^a   Lacerda, Acioly L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO FIEO   (Brazil)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic psychiatric illness; Cognitive neuroscience; Language; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84974795056     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2015-1663     Document Type: Article

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